[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 34627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14535]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

[CBP Decision 03-01]


Customs Accreditation of BSI Inspectorate America Corporation as 
a Commercial Laboratory

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of accreditation of BSI Inspectorate America Corporation 
of Garden City, Georgia, as a commercial laboratory.

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SUMMARY: BSI Inspectorate America Corporation of Garden City, Georgia 
has applied to Customs and Border Protection under Sec.  151.12 of the 
Customs Regulations for an extension of accreditation as a commercial 
laboratory to analyze petroleum products under Chapter 27 and Chapter 
29 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 
Customs has determined that this company meets all of the requirements 
for accreditation as a commercial laboratory. Specifically, BSI 
Inspectorate America Corporation has been granted accreditation to 
perform the following test methods at their Garden City, Georgia site: 
(1) Distillation of Petroleum Products, ASTM D86; (2) Water in 
Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation, ASTM D95; 
(3) API Gravity by Hydrometer, ASTM D287; (4) Kinematic Viscosity of 
Transparent and Opaque Liquids, ASTM D445; (5) Sediment in Crude Oils 
and Fuel Oils by Extraction, ASTM D473; (6) Density, Relative Density 
(Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid 
Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method, ASTM D1298; (7) Water and 
Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method, ASTM D1796; (8) Water 
and Sediment in Middle Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge, ASTM D2709; (9) 
Water in Crude Oil by Distillation, ASTM D4006; (10) Percent by Weight 
of Sulfur by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence, ASTM D4294; (11) 
Water in Crude Oils by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration, ASTM D4928; 
and (12) Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products, ASTM D5191. Therefore, 
in accordance with Part 151.12 of the Customs Regulations, BSI 
Inspectorate America Corporation of Garden City, Georgia is hereby 
accredited to analyze the products named above.

Location:
    BSI Inspectorate America Corporation accredited site is located at: 
Miles Street, Georgia Port Authority Gate 2, Garden City, 
Georgia, 31408.
    Effective Date: May 20, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Faustermann, Science Officer, 
Laboratories and Scientific Services, Customs and Border Protection, 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1500 North, Washington, DC 20229, 
(202) 927-1060.

    Dated: May 20, 2003.
Donald A. Cousins,
Acting Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. 03-14535 Filed 6-9-03; 8:45 am]
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